Win More with Embedded Dashboards and Reporting(featuring Express Metrix)

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• Introduction (David Abramson, Director of Product Management, LogiXML)

• Why Embedded Reporting?

• Speed of Development

• Better End User Experience

• Better Demos, Win More

• Case Study: Express Metrix (Kris Barker, CEO, Express Metrix)

• The Logi Difference

• Wrap Up and Q&A

Agenda

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LogiXML

• Founded in 2000

• First to market with web-based BI

• Headquartered outside Wash. DC• Offices in Los Angeles and UK

• High customer ratings in Gartner BI Platforms User Survey• Software & Support Quality• Overall Customer Experience

• Over 500 customers worldwide• Over 50% are ISVs and SaaS• Dedicated OEM practice

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• Save money

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• Win faster and more often against competitors

• Enhance your offering with better dashboards and reporting capabilities

• Increase customer satisfaction/retention

• Increase user adoption of your application

• Create new revenue streams

Why Reporting?

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Express Metrix Case Study

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• Founded in 2000

• Leading provider of IT Asset Management tools

• Products:• Express Software Manager—5K customers• Express Software Identification Database—OEM partnerships

• Overall influence on ~10 million desktops

• Industry leading product quality and support

Express Metrix

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• Software asset management (SAM) from a licensing perspective

• Built on Microsoft technologies

• Known for:• Ease of use• Rapid deployment• High quality analysis and reporting• Non-invasive

Express Software Manager

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• Reports visually outdated

• Limited high-level summaries

• No cross-report linking

• Mixed delivery model—Crystal, hand-crafted ASP

• Didn’t fit with overall product architecture

• Limited internal Crystal expertise

Why New Reporting?

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• Smooth/easy proof of concept

• Ease of report development & modification

• Modern dashboard, overall appearance capabilities

• Flexible cross linking, end-user configuration

• Good vendor support

Why LogiXML?

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• ASP.NET-based reporting console to drive Logi-based reports

• Reorganized to provide cleaner access to over 90 report formats

• High-level dashboards

• Cross report drill-downs

• Ease of exporting and sharing

Implementation

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• Speed of Development

• Using Logi Studio is quick and intuitive

• Very short development effort to add value

• Create reports 2x as fast with Logi vs. Crystal

• Better End User Experience

• Enable powerful customizations, seamless integration and white-labeling

• Ability to deliver custom report requests on the fly

Results

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• Win More

• Reporting has become the showcase for the value of our application

• New demo impresses prospects and allows us to win more deals

• Sales cycle 3x shorter (4-8 weeks vs. 3-6 months)

• Reporting is now a strong competitive advantage: all other competitors have sub-standard reporting

Results

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The Logi Difference

• Unique elemental development approach- Rapid creation of sophisticated embedded BI applications- Easy to build and maintain- Minimizes need for custom coding

• Rich set of capabilities- Hundreds of pre-built elements and super elements- Alerts, workflows, and database write-back capabilities- Support for exporting, widgets, file templating, and much more

• Easy to deploy and manage- Open, web-based, high performance XML architecture- Unmatched integration, customization, and extensibility (e.g. single sign-on, white labeling)- Cross platform support on .NET and Java and browser-independent

The Fastest Way to Create Embedded Dashboard, Reporting and Analysis

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• Speed of Development

• Create a complete BI application in 10 minutes

• Powered by our unique elemental development approach, which enables you to assemble pre-built elements and applications very quickly

• Better End User Experience

• Unified reporting interface within your existing software, not disjointed reports cobbled together with disparate tools

• Strong customization capabilities and interactive elements that enable end users to drill-down, drill-through, filter, etc. quickly and easily

• State-of-the-art UI for ease of use, even for non-technical users

Advantages of Embedded Reporting

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• Better Demos, Win More

• ISVs and SaaS companies often deal with large amounts of data

• Real value comes from providing information to customers to help them do their jobs more effectively (data illustration vs. data collection & storage)

• Reporting components that illustrate how your software helps customers solve business problems make great demos!

• Win faster and more often, and create new revenue streams

• After the Sale

• Increase customer satisfaction/retention

• Increase user adoption of your application

Advantages of Embedded Reporting

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Thank You

LogiXMLhttp://www.logixml.com

Express Metrixhttp://www.expressmetrix.com/

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